Blank Cent

[Bad Karma]

I found this one cent blank in a bag of cents last week.

It weighs 2.5 grams.

 

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[dognose]

Very nice find.

Are you asking a question?

What you have is a unstruck cent planchet Type II.
Following the annealing and cleaning process the planchets are sent to the upsetting mill, where they are rotated through a narrowing channel between a fixed "fence" and revolving drum. The edge of this channel force the edge of the planchet back on both sides, creating a low ridge in the area where the struck coin will have a rum on both sides, so that there will be enough metal at the edge to form the design rim. The planchet has not become a type II.

 

[Bad Karma]

Very nice find.

Are you asking a question?

What you have is a unstruck cent planchet Type II.
Following the annealing and cleaning process the planchets are sent to the upsetting mill, where they are rotated through a narrowing channel between a fixed "fence" and revolving drum. The edge of this channel force the edge of the planchet back on both sides, creating a low ridge in the area where the struck coin will have a rum on both sides, so that there will be enough metal at the edge to form the design rim. The planchet has not become a type II.

Thank you for the information.